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Yellowing of dryland lotus leaves: Causes and Solutions

Dryland lotus is known as "dryland Lotus" because its flowers look like lotus when its trees bloom and are born in dryland. But no matter how strong plants are, they also get sick. For example, the leaves turn yellow. Generally speaking, there are many reasons for the yellow leaves of dryland lotus. Let's go and have a look!

The reason analysis and treatment methods of drought lotus leaf yellowing: 1. Season causes drought lotus leaf yellowing: drought lotus is afraid of heat. Especially in summer, drought is easy to yellow leaves.

Solution: dryland lotus is dormant in summer. It can be placed in a cool and ventilated place. Stop fertilizer and water less. Don't let the basin soil accumulate water on Huangmei day.

2. Excessive watering causes the leaves of dryland lotus to turn yellow (water yellow): the roots are wet and rot, the leaves fall off in light cases, and the whole plant wilts and dies in severe cases( If there is water in the basin soil, the leaves will turn yellow)

Solution: stop watering. Reduce watering after flowering to prevent branches from flourishing.

3. Drought lotus leaves turn yellow (lack of light yellow) due to insufficient sunlight: drought lotus likes light. If it is placed in semi shade or shade, the leaves should turn yellow.

Solution: it's best to place it in a sunny environment before it can grow well.

4. Low temperature leads to yellowing of dryland lotus leaves: cold wind and dry hot wind of heating and air conditioning are very easy to cause yellowing of leaves.

The lower the temperature is, the better the solution is to keep the watering temperature above 10 ° C.

5. Excessive fertilization of dryland lotus leads to yellow leaves (fat yellow): excessive fertilizer will cause fertilizer damage, especially when pouring fertilizer solution, it is necessary to prevent the fertilizer solution from splashing on the leaves.

Solution: stop fertilization, and then control the amount of fertilizer.

6. Diseases and insect pests lead to the yellowing of drought lotus leaves: there are spider silk on drought lotus leaves, or there are insects hidden in the inner pages of the plant. The yellowing of leaves must be caused by diseases and insect pests. When it is serious, all the leaves can die.

Solution: prune the branches threatened by diseases and insect pests and clean them. You can also spray insecticides 3-4 times a day until the leaves turn green.

The leaves of dryland lotus turn yellow. Dryland lotus maintenance experience: dryland lotus likes humidity and is afraid of waterlogging. The soil moisture is maintained at about 50%. During the growth period, it should be watered frequently with small water. It should be watered once every 2-3 days in spring and autumn, every day in summer, and spray water on the leaves in the evening to maintain high humidity.